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Vista, CA

98,336 Population
18.7 square miles 5,245.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,268 ±$3,750 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $51,564 ±$842
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$92,224 ±$7,412 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $103,674 ±$1,360
  • a little less than the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

8.8% ±2.8% (8,538  ±2,745) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 10.1% 318,653 (±0.5% / ±16,712)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

26.6 minutes ±0.6 (1,125,685  ±45,545) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 25.9 35,052,600 (±0.1 / ±254,394)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

31,866 ±1,723 Number of households
  • the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 1,181,259 ±6,526
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
3 ±0.2 (95,563  ±902) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 2.7 3,148,585 (±0 / ±1,666)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

7.1% ±2.7% (1,709  ±662) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 5.4% 42,558 (±0.5% / ±3,894)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

32,776 ±2,050 Number of housing units
  • the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 1,261,999 ±668
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$784,700 ±$48,534 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $864,900 ±$7,906
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

10.7% ±3% (10,340  ±2,867.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 12.6% 407,477 (±0.5% / ±16,764.5)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

79.4% ±5.4% (51,606  ±4,005.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 89% 2,026,569 (±1% / ±23,755.3)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
26.8% ±3.2% (17,430  ±2,204.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 43.5% 991,750 (±0.7% / ±15,635.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

23.6% ±3.4% (23,218  ±3,344) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 23.1% 756,142
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

6.8% ±1.9% (4,888  ±1,344) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 7% 176,043 (±0.3% / ±7,323)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
4,888 Total veterans ±1,344 4,191 Male ±1,097 697 Female ±508

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